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Newspaper Page Text'S T1ME8-REC0RDER. VOLUME 1 AMERICUS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1891. NUMBER 203 FREE ADVICE! GENERAL HATCH. Look Here, Boys Then don’t put your hands in yourl pockets, whistle "Annie Rooney,” and expect Jo keep warm these cold November days. You had much better select a nice, warm suit from our fine new stock. Get a Free Ticket -TO OUR- Bovs’ Safety Bicycle Drawing! Which you know occurs on next Christmas Eve, and be happy. We are going to give away a brand new Safety Bicycle, absolutely free of any charge whatever. Every boy who buys his suit from before Christmas Eve gets a sure enough bargain and a chance at the machine for abso lutely nothing. The time is drawing near! It is going to be a daisy! Everyone will have a fair, square showing, and you may be the lucky boy! There is nothing small about our stock of HE AND HIS BOOMERS ARRIVE WASHINGTON. Butt- and Canfuiloa About th. Haad- quartan—Tba Friaodl of Each Candi da** Confidant Th.tr Han Will Win Candidate, on tba Ground. Washington, Dec. 1.—The candl date* for the gavel of the uext house representatives were increased by the arrival of' General Hatch of Missouri, who came surrounded by an enthnsl Mttc crowd of Missouri boomeft. Headquarters were immediately opened at Willard’s, and the Hutch men were emphatic in their declarations that they were iu the light in good faith and that Mr. Hatcli proposed to remain in until the last ballot was counted. Hatch baa the support of the entire Missouri delegation with the exception of Mr. O'Neill, who is for Mills. Peel of Arkansas, and Governor Mc Creary of Krntncky, two of his inti mate persomil friends, are also for him, but it is apparent that there is little room in the contest for General Hatch. About the headqnarters of the lead ing candidates all is bustle and con fu sion, and the corridors of the hotels are crowded with place hunters ami a large assortment of the ragtag and bobtail, which always hangs about Washington when congress convenes. The lienten- antsof each candidate demonstrate a mathematical certainty, for the bene fit of each new arrival, that tlieir matt' is a "anre winner.” Tim consequence is that the new arrival, who is expected to declare his preserence for speaker before’ the ink on the hotel register dries, ts blinded and confused. He makes the ronuds of the headquarters and returns more at sea than evert The workers at Judge Crisp's head- uarters, to whom have been added tenernl Herbert mid General Oates of Alabama, and Amos Cummings or New York, say that they have within the last twenty-fonr hoars made a gain of nine—some of them absolute gains, and others whom they bad hoped for. bat bad not counted as sure. Repre sentatives Layton, Pierson and Gants, of Ohio, joined the Crisp camp. So far seven of the eight Ohio members, who are in the city, have pronounced for Crisp. Congressman Moses of Georgia, has arrived and he immediately took oil his coat and went to work far Judge Crisp. The other mempersuf the Geor gia delegation are all expected to ar- rive by Thursday. Mr. Mills and his friends do not show any evidences of faint-heartedness, how ever. They say that it is too early to give out auy figures, bnt they express the utmost confidence in the rrenlt. Tom Johnson said that the only thing that stood between Mills and the speak er’s chair was the possibility of his death. Barring death, Johnson is cer tain that no power can defeat him. What warrant there is fur sncli nn- bounded confidence, the future will dis close. The Mills men are now banking heavily on the New England vote, which Is at'present in an unsettled condition. The fourteen members of the New Eng land delegation will hold a meeting at which their conrte will be finally deter mined upon. Sherman Hoar, the Dem-' acrstic nephew of Senfitor Hoar, and Representative Williams of Massachu setts are here working for Mills. Wil cox of Oonnectioutt and Parson McKin ney of New Hampshire are also here, but they are roasting on tbe.ridgs pole, Daniel of New Hampshire is pronounced f or Crisp. ' 1 An attempt will be made to enforce the unit rale, if Mills gets a majority of the fourteen New England votes, bnt then is no probability that it will be successful Boys’ Suits, Overcoats, Odd. Pants, Except the price, and that we make exceeding ly small. We can fit you perfectly, and by selecting now you secure the pick. Don’t for get the place. George D. Wheatley, Cor. Lamar Street and Cotton Avenue, The Springer boom continues to flour- itb vigorously. The wily Illinoisan has his headquarters decorated with all the popular heroee of the Democratic pe ' Cleveland, Thurman, Stephens, Pid and other*, and he telegraphed to New York for a portrait of Governor Hi! He also has about one hundred H11bc_ boomers here and between the pictures and the boomers, the Springer stock continues to rise. They Ksrtiauced *iliol«. Macon, Gn., Dec. 1.—There was a shooting affray in Macou between Mr. CL B. Moore, a merchant on BMurth street, and a negro named Henry Guy ton. Moore went to where Guyton lives on Seventh street to collect house rent of Guyton’s wife. Guyton was drank and was very insulting and insolent to Mr. Moore. Finally Moore attempted to draw his pistol when Guyton’s wife caught his hand and begged him not to shoot, as her hus band was drank. Moore started out of the house and Gaytoa fired at him. The ball pawed through Moore’s hat. Guyton tired a second time. Moore then tired twice at Guyton The par ties then went out of the bouse into the yard, where they exchanged three shots each, bnt neither party was struck. Guyton fled and ha* not been arrested at this writing. Colossi Mission to Donnelly's Kssens. Hastings, Minn.. Deo. 1.—A letter from Colonel Blanton Duncan of Ken tucky lias been received by Ignatius Donnelly in relation to the charge of The 8t. Panl Pioneer Press that Mr. Donnelly had been bribed by the Mem phis and El Paso Railroad Company in 1869. The letter, which is dated at Lot Angeles, Cal., Nov. 19. gives a history of the passage of the fainons Memphis and El Paso railroad bill, says the writer caused the passage of the right-of-way bill in congress on Feb. 39,1869; that be was one of the directors of the company, was to have been vice-president and was to begin building the road from Son Diego. The colonel concludes: "I pre sume that nobody wilt doubt that I knew fully who were the corrupt men engaged. 1 have no hesitation in saying that you were not in it'; aud that no breath of scandal was whispered aivot I yon when scores of public men wses 1 freoly <** ' * NEGROES ROUGHLY TREATED. A Hint Ocean at Millen, On.. sad Mi Tmbts It Kspsated. Wavkbsboro, Deo. 1.—Information baa reached here of the full details a riot at Milieu, on the line of Burk* and Screven counties. The matter seems to, have been kept quiet until general report brought the matter fore the public. The tronble started by several citlxens combining and go ing first to the hotel and demanding the payment of a debt due one of tbe party. Arrangements were made for the payment by tbe laudbuty becoming responsible. Then Reuben Williams mid Louis Batemau, with three others whose names cannot be obtained, were visited and beateu unmercifully. Reuben Wil liams has one eye put out, and one of the other men was horribly mutilatsd. Another of the negroes is in a dying condition, and another reported by the np train at being dead. TUe beating of the negroes is said to have been most brutal and horrible. No arrests have been made yet.' The town has only one marshal, but six men have lieen petroling the town to watch the property, as the negroes swore they would have vengeance by burning the town. Reports from Millen are that none of the men were disguised and connect some of the very best men in the town with the' perpetration ' this brutality. It is said the heating occurred on tbe Bnrke side of the county line. As the grand jnry convenes next week, the matter will be investigated. A gentle man who was in Millen said upon his return here that Messrs. Parnell, Sawyer and Dick Parker were reported to have run away. The motive for beating these negroes, some say, was for the uoii-payment of debts they owed. Others are equally positive that tbe beating was caused by information riven about parties who were running illnd tigers in Millen and the prosccn- tions that are to follow upon their in formation. MAY BE A BAD 8TEP. Pro«e«*Dllon of the ArelibUliap or Aix bjr lit* French flovcrnuicut* Paris, Dec. I.—It is believed in many quarters that the proseention of the archbishop of Aix was a false step on the part of the government, aud that on taking this course the government, to be consistaut, will be compelled to inaugurate a series of proseentions that to say the least will not tend to soothe the feeling of irritation of chnrch cir cles growing ont of the condemnation of the archbishop Aix.. The gonlois that the minister of foreign affairs, M. Ribot,,ln ait interview wilh Mgr. Fe- nati, papal iinncio at Paris, intimated that unless the Vatican advised moder ation on the part of certain French bishops the government would feel in clined to cease opposing the separation of chnrch and .state. darker Mskrs • New llond. Nbw York. Dec. 1.— Abraham Book er, dealer in commercial paper, who is nnder Indictment charged with grand larceny in the first degree, was ar raigned before Recorder Smythe in gen eral session* and pleaded not guilty. His bondsman, Frank Rothschild, who bad qualified in $15,000 for Ills appear ance, surrendered Backer and the latter Was taken into custody. Subsequently Backer's bail was reduced to$13,000 and Colonel Stone, president of the Central National bank, deposited with the eity chamberlain a certified check for that amount, thns securing Backer's release. The accused was arrested on the com plaint of Judge William D. Harden of Savannah, who .eat a note for $10,000. which was negotiated, hut from Which Harden received no return. There are large number of similar complninta against Backer. * seeemrni lii f.it 1Vhliu«y. Augusta, Ga., Dec. 1.-78011th Caro- olina has been awarded a gold medal by the board of directors of the Augusta exposition for the excellence of its ex hibit of natural and manufactured pro ducts. A monument to Ell Wbitney will be unveiled at Augnsta in 1893. Next year will the centennial of his invention and operation of the cotton gin in this city, and an international cotton exposition will be held here to commemorate the invention. Georgia laving made no appropriation forth* World’s Fair, the managers of the Au gnsta exposition have determined to collect and forward to Chicago all ex hibits from this and other southern states intended for tbe World’s Fair. The next Augusta exposition will be held during October and November, '92. Hitj Didn't Xcntlaa It. Raleigh, Dec. 1.—President Polk was here for tbe first time since the Indian apolis convention. When asked about tbe report of the “splits” going over to the third party, etc., he said there was troth in the statement. Theoonven- was large and enthusiastic, and a more harmonious malting was never “in the United States. He farther The third party was not inen- oned in the convention at all, and th* f never gave it a single thought. * lion i more held j ■aid Lion body if Jads* Jsise, dshais*. CoLUMBi.fi, Ox, Dec. 1. — Judge James Johnson died at the residence of eon, James J. Johnson, in Chatta hoochee county, ten miles from.this The late Hon. James Johnson provisional governor of Georgia in . He was also a congressman pre- to the war, and subsequently of the superior court of the circuit. city. IS. 1 0* DARING DEVILS ROB AN EXPRE8S TRAIN NEAR ST. LOUIS. Th* Bull! Work Easily Gotten In on tits St. Louis and San Francisco Hood by Six Determined Bandits—Bravo RssDtancoot ■the Express Messenger. St. Lolik, Deo. J.—One of the.most daring robberiei that has occurred foi years has lieen perpetrated on the St. Loni* and .Ban Francisco railroad, at meet within the limit* of St. Lonia. Paaaenger train No. 8, on that road, left the depot at 8:25 o’clock, p. in., and when tlie limit* of tbe city had been parsed, three men climbed over the water tank slid coal aud covered the fireman and eugiueer with revolvers, They were forced to bring the train to a standstill near Greendale. Th* engineer and fireman were ordered down from the cab aud two of the men kept guard over them While the other and a reinforcement of four mure started back for the express car. Tbe robbers failing to gain entrance at tbe consent of the messenger pat a charge of dynamite nuilrr the • door and bleu it open. The messenger resisted, Lnt was beaten into a condition of mnssive nsss, and it did not take long for the robbers to get in their work on the Bufe and rifle it of its contents, about $15. 000. Their work being done, the desper adoes took to the wuods. They' were masked and had planned aud executed their work well. LAND BILL ALLEN, The Author of th* Homestead Uw, VIm In tlie Poor Hour*. Columbus. O., Dec. 1.—George Wheaton Allen, better known as Land Bill Alleu, the author of the homestead law, has died at the Franklin comity in firmary. He was 88 years of age, hav ing been bora in Connecticut in >809. He came to Obioau 1830, and, engaging iu the peddliug aud auctioneer business, amassed considerable wealth. On lit* ; leddling wagon which he drove through ;he conntry ne had painted the mottoes: "Homes for everybody," "The govern ment lands belong to the people” and "Government lands to actual settlers. ” He advocated the passage by congress of the present liomestoau law, mid ad dressed legislatures anil public meetings in an effort to create public sentiment in fnvor of Ids bill. It is said ho spent, $60,000 creating sentiment amoug the pcoplp. State legislatures and congress iu favor of ills proposition, nud lived to see thousands of his fellow im-ii benefitted thereby. Although a mini of considerable ability, be lacked, t he ability to manage his own affairs, mid years ago became a charge on bl* friend*. He owned a little cabin and a few acres of land in Plain Town ship, this county, where ho lived alone, bnt about three months ago It was sold for taxes for the third time, and on uc- conut of bis helpless condition lie was sent to the poor house. The publication of this fact caased contributions to poor in from all parts of tbe conntry, bnt Land Bill’s mind mind was gone, and on account of bis utterly helpless condition hi was forced to remain at the infirmary. He was offered a home by philanthropic per sons in New Jersey and Philadelphia, bnt his condition was such that it made little difference where he ended hi* day*. Out of theeontrihutiou* received for him he will be given a decent burial. ' HOW WILL DAUGHERTY VOTE I Ml* Withdrawal Crum (lie Speakership Bees Leave* Him Free to hey. Washington C. H., O., Dec. 1.—The withdrawal of Representative H. M. Dangberty of this county from the speakership race was somewhat of a eurpriso to Ills friends here. It is gen erally supposed that bis withdrawal means that be will receive the chair manship of some important honse com mittee. It lias liecnunnouncmlalluhiug that Mr. Daugherty's reason for not mhlicly stating how he will vote on the Tnited States senatorship question was that he was a candidate tor speaker. The Foraker men still continue to pub lish his name in their list of sure For aker supporter*, bnt many of his close lersonal friends here avow that when he time comes lie will vote for Sher man. Now that he i* ont of tlie con test for the spoakership, he may soon declare whether his vote will go to For aker or Sherman. In fact Mr. Daugh erty state* that lie will soon make known his position on the senatorship. NOT PEACABLE AS REPORTED. Th* Outlook In llrosit Held to B« Dan- xenio*. Santiago, Dec. 1.—Dispatches re ceived here from Braxil state that the outlook there is far less peacable than given out by official statements. In fact, the situation is dangerous in the extreme and serions conflicts between the troops of the province of Rio Grande are anticipaten. The latter have lapsed into a state of riotous insubordination and threaten trouble. President Peis- otto it la reported has determined, should all arguments fail, to appeal to tjie sword and leave no stone unturned to maintain the integrity of the United States of Brasil. belonging to Straight University for colorraroople, have been destroyed bv fire. The loss it $30,000; insurance un known. Tbe bnildings were owned bv the American Missionary Association of New York. NEWS DISPATCHES CONDENSED. Aii JCpitome of Happening* from Kvtrj faction* Tlie French juiue troubles are astum- lug a still more serious phsrfe. Warlike rumors regarding the Bosso- Gernwn situation are current in St. Pe tersburg. Citlxeus of Harriinan, Tetin., held a meeting and made arrangements look ing to tue securing of the next national Prohibition convention. The Chinese government it taking ev ery precaution to break tbe strength of the rebels before they get within strik ing distance of the capital. News from the scene' of the anti-for- tignor riots iu China make the outrages more brutal tliau was supposed. The situation is becoming serious. An oatonndiug conspiracy has been unearthed at Sandoval, Ills., where it is discovered that incendiary fires have been set for a year or more by a gaug regularly organized, with a prominent, men as lender. Excitement runs very high there. A dispatch from Shanghai states that tlie rebel forces In Manchuria have de feated the imperial troops sent to sup- pres* the rising in that region. The Imperial formas numbered 4,000 men, auu their defeat causes the government, the gravest anxiety. The Chinese embassy called on Uncle Jerry Rusk, at the agricultural depart ment, and requested Secretary Busk to f irocurefor them several tons of aaa ■land and staple cotton seed. It is the intention of the Chinese to raise cotton in the celestial empire. A Birmingham, Ala., special says: M. B. Randolph, an aged citlaen of Woodetock, went to the station with his son, who was leaving to make his hows in another state. The fathor was •o overcome on bidding his son goodby that he fell dead on the spot. An Indianapolis special says: A movement is oil foot to secure the Democratic convention for this city. The political clnlis of both parties aro hard st work on the matter, a* are also the commercial clnbs end board of trade, and nit influential delegation will bo sent to Washington. A Tacoma, Wash., special says that three laborers on the Northern Pacific railroad have made affidavit that twen ty-five or more men were killed in tlie landslide at Canton station, on the line of the Northern Pacific Wednesday. The statement was published that only two men were killed At New Orleans President Conrad, Secretary Horner and eight employe* of tlie Louisiana State Lottery coin- MUiy appeared before United States Jtotnmissloner Wright to answer an in dictment found against them at Han Antonio, upon the charge of violating the anti-lottery postal law. They gave bail iu the Mint of $1,OOP each to ap- ]>euratt!ie next terra of the United Htntes court in San Antonio. A Toledo special says that the resnlt of tlie accident on the Lake Shore road, in that city, have been more serion* than at first feared. In addition to two killed outright, five more have aince died utid several others cannot survive. The wounded also sustained more seri ous injuries than was supposed at the time. Nearly ail were frightfully burned and scalded about the fuce and hands, and ninny will be disfigured for life, A Findlay, O., special says: Some time ago Mr*. Charlotte Carlin, the wife of a prominent business man of this city, began suit against Clifford & Go**man for the recovery of $15,000 which site alleged her husband had lost in their gambling establishment. Her attorney filed papers in the common pleat court in another snit against the same parties, in which she se< ka to re cover $10,000 lost by her hatband, pre sumably since the first anitwaa started. THE TAHITI WRECKED. Xcurly Three Handrail Llm Art Lttl. The Veinel Found Mooting. Makzanilloo, Mexico, Dec. 1.—Tbe American steamer Roseville has arrived here and reports passing a wrecked brig, tbe Tahiti, at sea. She was float ing bottom np, and the captain of tbe Roseville says she mast have been cap sized. The rigging had been ent away on the port side apparently to prevent this. The Tahiti created a sensation Sept, 80, lost, by putting into Drake’s Bay, near this city, in distresa. She hud 370 Gilbert Islanders on board, under contract for work in Mexico, at starvation wages. These men were practically slaves and'there was much talk of seixing the vesael. Collector Phelps, however, decided that he had no right to detain her and the brig left. It seems almost certain that all on board have been lost,- as tbe ship’s boats were still with her nnd nothing has been board of any of tbe survivors. The wreck must have happened at least a mouth ago. Besides the islanders the vessel liad on board officers and a crew of twenty men, making a total of 391 on board tbe ill-fated craft. NARROW ESCAPE. Fir. 1* New OrlMhi. New Orleans, Dec l.-The main „ 1IU wnl laa bonding of a frame structure nsed resellers narrowly avoided meeting the Four Mm are Hoatchrd from ■ »»™i*r Tag an Lake Michigan. Chicago, Dec. 1—For over an boar, ont on wintry Lake Michigan, foar men stared full in the face of what seemed to be inevitable death. They were aboard the tng John A. Miller, which, wrapped in Haines, was running wild at full speed in a great circle. The-men had only deck backets to debty tbe mo ment when apparently they would have to decide whether to burn or drown. The smoke and flames from the burn ing craft were sighted by the tng Welcome, bat tne waves were running so high that the Welcome was long delayed. At last, however, she succeeded in steaming close to tbe fiery Miller, and by almost superhuman exertions, took aboard the scorched and exhausted seamen. The a library and several small bnildings (ate that had awaited the rescued. Tlie Welcome took tire, and only prompt measures averted Mr destruction. Tb» four men who escaped from tbe Miller were Captain Peter Barry. Engineer Junes Butt, Fireman Charles Nowmau and a deck hand.